Severe dermatophytosis due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale in flocks of green iguanas (Iguana iguana)

Khosravi, Alireza; Shokri, Hojjatollah; Rostami, Amir; Tamai, Iradj Ashrafi; Erfanmanesh, Ahmad; Memarian, Iman

doi:10.1111/j.1748-5827.2011.01217.x

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“…Thermal skin injuries in reptiles have been well described [15][16][17], however, researchers are still puzzled how and why these animals keep exposed to heat source despite high temperatures. Skin lesions in iguanas associated with different fungal infections have been commonly observed [18,19]. In the here presented case, we ruled out fungal etiology by both histopathology and negative culture results on specifi c medium.…”

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Fatal Disseminated Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in a Captive Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

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Infections with various bacteria, especially gram-negative aerobes, are a well-recognized problem in captive cold-blooded animals with immunocompromised health status, or in those kept under poor conditions. Pseudomonas is one of the most represented genera. Here, we present a case of fatal disseminated infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a captive green iguana kept at the “Pionirska dolina” Zoo in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At necropsy, severe stomatitis, pneumonia, hepatitis and nephritis, accompanied with focally extensive dermatitis were observed. Histopathology revealed multifocal necrosis in various visceral organs. Culture and subsequent MALDI-TOF MS analysis were conducted to identify the isolate as P. aeruginosa. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing revealed a wide susceptibility of the isolate, however applied therapy was instilled too late in the presented case. This case demonstrates the significance of timely and accurate identification, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial isolates implicated in the pathology of captive reptiles. The importance of monitoring the adequate environmental conditions (enclosure temperature, humidity and conformation), health status and possible clinical signs of illness are highlighted.

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Fatal Disseminated Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in a Captive Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

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“…As reported in earlier studies, PCR-based fingerprinting using (GACA) 4 primer is simple and rapid in identification of dermatophyte isolates and T. mentagrophytes variants. [8,10,13] …”

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Application of PCR fingerprinting using (GACA)4 primer in the rapid discrimination of dermatophytes

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Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

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“…Recently, molecular marker approaches, such as random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR (Spesso et al 2013), inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR)-PCR (Khosravi et al 2012), PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) (Samuel et al 2013), real time PCR (Bergmans et al 2010) and multiplex PCR assay (Kim et al 2009) were used.…”

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Genetic variabilities and relationships among some egyptian Aspergillus spp. based on microscopic characters, isozyme profiles and random amplification of polymorphic DNA

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Twelve Aspergillus spp. were isolated from the Egyptian soils and were studied morphologically and microscopically. Isozyme profiles and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) were also employed for determination of the genetic relationship among the tested Aspergillus spp. Results of RAPD revealed genetic similarity level above 80% between A. terreus and A. aculeatus. The species A. niger, A. candidus, A. terreus and A. aculeatus were joined with a similarity level of 65%. Unique bands were displayed by certain fungi and can be taken as a positive marker for isolate identification. Five isozyme systems; peroxidase, alcohol dehydrogenase, α esterase, β esterase and superoxide dismutase were studied to detect the genetic variabilities among the tested isolates. Subsequently, comparing the three dendrograms which belong to morphological characters, isoymes and RAPD revealed a great relationship between A. terreus and A. niveus from one side and A. candidus and A. terreus from the other side.

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Severe dermatophytosis due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale in flocks of green iguanas (Iguana iguana)

Abstract: These results suggest that (GACA)4-based PCR has utility both as a simple and rapid method for identification of dermatophyte species and for differentiation of T. mentagrophytes variants.

Cited by 11 publications

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Fatal Disseminated Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in a Captive Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

Fatal Disseminated Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in a Captive Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

Application of PCR fingerprinting using (GACA)4 primer in the rapid discrimination of dermatophytes

Genetic variabilities and relationships among some egyptian Aspergillus spp. based on microscopic characters, isozyme profiles and random amplification of polymorphic DNA

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